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Normal childbirth : evidence and debate / edited by Soo Downe ; foreword by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd.
Holman Biotech Commons RG652 .N66 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childbirth--Cross-cultural studies.
- Childbirth.
- Great Britain.
- Childbirth--Great Britain.
- Natural childbirth.
- Labor (Obstetrics).
- Midwifery.
- Parturition.
- Natural Childbirth.
- Medical Subjects:
- Parturition.
- Midwifery.
- Natural Childbirth.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 200 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008.
- Contents:
- From being to becoming: reconstructing childbirth knowledges / Soo Downe and Christine McCourt
- The role of pain in normal birth and the empowerment of women / Nicky Leap and Tricia Anderson
- Birth and spirituality / Jennifer Hall
- Normal birth: women's stories / Beverley A. Lawrence Beech and Belinda Phipps
- Midwives' practices in 11 UK maternity units / Marianne Mead
- Midwives constructing "normal birth" / Susan Crabtree
- Rethinking risk and safety in maternity care / Denis Walsh, Amina M.R. El-Nemer, and Soo Downe
- The early pushing urge: practice and discourse / Soo Downe ... [et al.]
- Fetal to neonatal transition: first, do no harm / Judith Mercer, Rebecca Skovgaard and Debra Erickson-Owens
- Promoting normal birth: weighing the evidence / Denis Walsh
- Aspects of a controversy: summary and debate / Soo Downe.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780443069437
- 0443069433
- OCLC:
- 225874374
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